I missed the beginning of Monday's City Council meeting, but I am told the mayor withdrew her nomination of Cecil Sanders to replace Rev. Tracey Brown on the PMUA. I was also told the council will hold a special meeting to vote on overriding three mayoral vetoes and in fact a meeting has been announced for 7 p.m. Dec. 20 in City Hall Library for that purpose. The vetoed resolutions all have to do with curbing the mayor's power to approve carnivals and similar events, following an outcry from Fourth Ward residents over a controversial carnival in October.
In other business, council members discussed holding all meetings in Municipal Court. The usual practice has been to hold agenda fixing sessions in City Hall Library and regular meetings in Municipal Court. The library is smaller and the council sits around a large table in a dimly-lit room ringed by seats for the audience, but City Hall has a large parking lot. Municipal Court is brightly lit, with rows of benches facing a dais where council members sit. However, parking is relatively sparse. The council may decide on the location at the January reorganization.
Council members agreed on one thing that made City Clerk Abubakar Jalloh happy. After he explained the difficulty of handling the November election and officials' attendance at the League of Municipalities the same month, members agreed to hold a combined agenda-fixing and regular meeting for that month alone. The calendar of meetings will be approved at the annual reorganization.
--Bernice
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I don't see what the problem is with having all meeting in the Courtroom. It is a very short walk from City Hall to the Court House and those who need handicapped parking should be allowed to park near the courthouse. Problem solved and waistlines that need reducing get some help. Besides, the City Hall library is one of the most depressing rooms I've ever been in.
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